While we can’t expect a medal-winning performance every day or to excel at everything we do, we can discover our natural talents, where our strengths lie and what we’re truly passionate about. Read More »
Tags: Cisco, competition, Denise Lewis, Energy, Inclusion and Diversity, performance, Roger Black, shiny eyes, success, talent
Back in April this year I wrote a blog about a programme we drove in Europe last fiscal year called Reverse Mentoring, where a senior employee is also mentored by the junior employee. All of our 31 mentors and 31 mentees have now reached the end of the programme and I’d like to share with you their feedback – what they enjoyed, what worked well and what we can improve upon in the future. Read More »
Tags: business, Cisco, collaboration, communication, culture, employees, Inclusion and Diversity, Reverse Mentoring
Do you measure the success of your family by its ROI?
Every month, I receive an invite to attend Professional Business Women of California’s professional development sessions on a variety of topics. Their recent Webinar was a particularly interesting and thought-provoking one – how we can apply the skills we have learnt in our career to strengthening the most important organisation in the world, our family.
Tags: communication, family, home, Inclusion and Diversity, values
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In 2005, The Anita Borg Institute for Women in Technology published a report entitled “Where are the Women in Information Technology?” Six years later, we’re still asking that same question—the focus of an article this week in Bloomberg/Business Week. Shockingly, the article reports that although women hold about half the jobs in the U.S. economy, they represent less than 25 percent of science, technology, engineering and math positions. Ultimately, we need to not only stem the flow of women leaving the industry, but also leaving the associated fields of study in college.
Sunday evening, at a fundraiser dinner, a friend of mine who works for another technology company raised this same question. Looking around the room, she pointed out several of the brightest minds in technology, who happen to be women, and questioned why they weren’t more visible within their organizations and within the industry. Clearly, there’s an opportunity for our industry to make a big shift, but what will it take?
Tags: diversity, education, Inclusion and Diversity, IT, stem, women
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On October 18, 2011, Cisco Systems will host Veterans Corporate Technology Day (VCTD) which brings U.S. military personnel, spouses and caregivers to Cisco campuses and exposes them to resources that are available as they potentially transition to the civilian workforce.
The multi-site event introduces mentorship programs and educational resources. There will be a sessions on the GI Bill/ Vets Benefits and Futures Inc’s online career path and job resource center called “Pipeline.” Cisco veterans and executives will share testimonials about their own transitions and attendees will have an opportunity to tour Cisco facilities such as labs, the Network Emergency Response Vehicle and the virtual Executive Briefing Center.
The event builds on the first Cisco Veterans Corporate Technology Day held last year at Cisco’s Research Triangle Park campus in North Carolina. The Veterans Enablement and Troop Support (VETS) employee resource group hosted 30 soldiers, spouses and caregivers from the Ft. Bragg Warrior Transition. The day was a great success with many rewards for all parties involved. Click video below to hear from participants of last year’s event:
This year’s Cisco Veterans’ Technology Day will take place on October 18, 2011 at the following Cisco locations in partnership with Wounded Warriors Project and Futures Inc.:
Related Posts:
Cisco’s Inclusion & Diversity Blog: Transition from Military Service to Civilian Life
Cisco’s Platform Blog: Supporting New Opportunities for Veterans
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